noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:rĭ-vōltʹ
General-American:/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈvəʊlt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈvɒlt/
rhymes with -əʊlt
rhymes with -ɒlt
CMU ARPABET:R IH0 V OW1 L T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IY0 V OW1 L T
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An act of revolting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
— It's a revolt? — No, Sire, it's a revolution...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: armed revolt, insurrection, rebellion
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To rebel, particularly against authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To repel greatly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Your brother revolts me!
1870, John Morley, Condorcet (published in the Fortnightly Review To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: counterrevolt
8
noun
Meaning 8
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
The people revolted when bread prices tripled again
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rebel, arise, rise, rise up
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus). Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).
Across languages
Translations
138 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kryengritje
— act of revolting
Albanian:
revoltë
— act of revolting
Arabic:
عِصْيَان
(ʕiṣyān)
— act of revolting
Arabic:
تَمَرُّد
(tamarrud)
— act of revolting
Armenian:
ապստամբութիւն
(apstambutʻiwn)
— act of revolting
Azerbaijani:
üsyan
— act of revolting
Bashkir:
ихтилал
(ixtilal)
— act of revolting
Bashkir:
баш күтәреү
(baş kütərew)
— act of revolting
Bashkir:
күтәрелеш
(kütəreleş)
— act of revolting
Basque:
matxinada
— act of revolting
Basque:
errebolta
— act of revolting
Belarusian:
паўста́нне
(pawstánnje)
— act of revolting
Belarusian:
бунт
(bunt)
— act of revolting
Breton:
ravolt
— act of revolting
Bulgarian:
въста́ние
(vǎstánie)
— act of revolting
Bulgarian:
бунт
(bunt)
— act of revolting
Catalan:
revolta
— act of revolting
Catalan:
rebel·lió
— act of revolting
Chinese Mandarin:
暴亂 /暴乱
(bàoluàn)
— act of revolting
Chinese Mandarin:
反亂 /反乱
(fǎnluàn)
— act of revolting
Czech:
vzpoura
— act of revolting
Danish:
oprør
— act of revolting
Danish:
opstand
— act of revolting
Dutch:
opstand
— act of revolting
Dutch:
rebellie
— act of revolting
Dutch:
revolte
— act of revolting
Egyptian:
s-b-i-W-T14-A14:Z2
(sbjw)
— act of revolting
Esperanto:
ribelo
— act of revolting
Estonian:
mäss
— act of revolting
Estonian:
ülestõus
— act of revolting
Finnish:
kapina
— act of revolting
French:
révolte
— act of revolting
Galician:
revolta
— act of revolting
Georgian:
აღშფოთება
(aɣšpoteba)
— act of revolting
Georgian:
აჯანყება
(aǯanq̇eba)
— act of revolting
German:
Revolte
— act of revolting
Greek:
στάση
(stási)
— act of revolting
Ancient Greek:
ἀποστασία
(apostasía)
— act of revolting
Hebrew:
הִתְקוֹמְמוּת
(hitkomemut)
— act of revolting
Hebrew:
מֶרֶד
(méred)
— act of revolting
Hindi:
विद्रोह
(vidroh)
— act of revolting
Hungarian:
felkelés
— act of revolting
Hungarian:
lázadás
— act of revolting
Indonesian:
pemberontakan
— act of revolting
Italian:
rivolta
— act of revolting
Japanese:
反乱
(hanran)
— act of revolting
Kazakh:
көтеріліс
(köterılıs)
— act of revolting
Korean:
반란
(ballan)
— act of revolting
Korean:
반발
(banbal)
— act of revolting
Korean:
폭동
(pokdong)
— act of revolting
Kyrgyz:
көтөрүлүш
(kötörülüş)
— act of revolting
Kyrgyz:
козголоң
(kozgoloŋ)
— act of revolting
Latvian:
sacelšanās
— act of revolting
Lithuanian:
sukilimas
— act of revolting
Lithuanian:
maištas
— act of revolting
Lithuanian:
pasibjaurėjimas
— act of revolting
Macedonian:
револт
(revolt)
— act of revolting
Macedonian:
востание
(vostanie)
— act of revolting
Māori:
whananga
— act of revolting
Norwegian Bokmål:
opprør
— act of revolting
Norwegian Nynorsk:
opprør
— act of revolting
Persian:
شورش
(šureš)
— act of revolting
Persian:
طغیان
(toġyân)
— act of revolting
Persian:
بلوا
(balvâ)
— act of revolting
Polish:
bunt
— act of revolting
Polish:
rewolta
— act of revolting
Portuguese:
revolta
— act of revolting
Portuguese:
rebelião
— act of revolting
Romanian:
revoltă
— act of revolting
Russian:
восста́ние
(vosstánije)
— act of revolting
Russian:
бунт
(bunt)
— act of revolting
Russian:
мяте́ж
(mjatéž)
— act of revolting
Scottish Gaelic:
èirigh
— act of revolting
Serbo-Croatian:
рѐволт
— act of revolting
Serbo-Croatian:
по̏буна
— act of revolting
Serbo-Croatian:
rèvolt
— act of revolting
Serbo-Croatian:
pȍbuna
— act of revolting
Slovak:
vzbura
— act of revolting
Slovene:
upor
— act of revolting
Spanish:
rebelión
— act of revolting
Spanish:
revuelta
— act of revolting
Swedish:
revolt
— act of revolting
Swedish:
uppror
— act of revolting
Tajik:
шуриш
(šuriš)
— act of revolting
Tajik:
туғён
(tuġyon)
— act of revolting
Tajik:
балво
(balvo)
— act of revolting
Thai:
การกบฏ
(gaan-gà-bòt)
— act of revolting
Turkish:
başkaldırma
— act of revolting
Turkish:
isyan
— act of revolting
Ukrainian:
повста́ння
(povstánnja)
— act of revolting
Ukrainian:
за́колот
(zákolot)
— act of revolting
Ukrainian:
бунт
(bunt)
— act of revolting
Uzbek:
qoʻzgʻolon
— act of revolting
Vietnamese:
cuộc nổi dậy
— act of revolting
Vietnamese:
cuộc khởi nghĩa
— act of revolting
Welsh:
gwrthdrafod
— act of revolting
Welsh:
gwrthryfel
— act of revolting
Welsh:
terfysg
— act of revolting
Arabic:
ثَارَ
(ṯāra)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Arabic:
تَمَرَّدَ
(tamarrada)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Catalan:
revoltar
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Danish:
oprøre
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Dutch:
rebelleren
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Dutch:
in opstand komen
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Egyptian:
s-b-i-T14
(sbj)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Finnish:
kapinoida
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
French:
se révolter
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
German:
revoltieren
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Greek:
επαναστατώ
(epanastató)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Hindi:
विद्रोह करना
(vidroh karnā)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Hittite:
𒀀𒊏𒀀𒄑𒍣
(a-ra-a-iz-zi)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Indonesian:
berbalik
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Malay:
berontak
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Māori:
whana
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Neapolitan:
s'arrevotà
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Portuguese:
revoltar
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Romanian:
revolta
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Russian:
восстава́ть
(vosstavátʹ)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Russian:
восста́ть
(vosstátʹ)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Scottish Gaelic:
èirich
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Serbo-Croatian:
бу́нити
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Serbo-Croatian:
побу́нити
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Serbo-Croatian:
búniti
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Serbo-Croatian:
pobúniti
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Spanish:
alzarse en protesta
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Spanish:
revolverse
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Swedish:
revoltera
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Swedish:
göra uppror
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Swedish:
avfalla
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Ottoman Turkish:
قالقمق
(kalkmak)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Ottoman Turkish:
آیاقلانمق
(ayaklanmak)
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Welsh:
gwrthryfela
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Welsh:
terfysgu
— to rebel — see also rebel, rise up
Bulgarian:
отвраща́вам
(otvraštávam)
— to greatly repel
